Do the Right Thing Page #5
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- 1989
- 120 min
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He gives Mookie a bag full of food.
VITO:
Pop, I'm gonna go with Mookie.
SAL:
Good, make sure he don't jerk around.
PINO:
Yeah, hurry back, it's getting
crowded.
EXT:
STREET--DAYVito and Mookie walk down the block.
VITO:
Mister Señor Love Daddy is cool.
MOOKIE:
Ya like him, huh?
VITO:
Yeah.
MOOKIE:
Y'know, Vito, I know Pino is ya
brother and sh*t, but the next time
he hits ya, the next time he
touches ya, you should "house him."
Kick his ass.
VITO:
I don't know.
MOOKIE:
If you don't make a stand, he's
gonna be beating ya like a egg for
the rest of your life.
VITO:
That's what you think?
MOOKIE:
That's what I think.
VITO:
I don't like to fight.
28.
MOOKIE:
Do it this one time and he'll never
touch you again.
EXT:
WE LOVE RADIO--DAYMookie and Vito wave at Mister Señor Love Daddy through the
storefront window and he buzzes them in.
OMIT:
INT:
CONTROL BOOTH--DAYMookie and Vito very quietly walk in; the man is on the air.
MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
Peoples, my stomach's been grumbling
but help has arrived. My main man
Mookie has saved the day, straight
from Sal's Famous Pizzeria, down
the block. Come up to the mike,
Mookie.
Mookie goes to the mike.
MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
C'mon, don't be shy. Mmm, smells
good. This is ya Love Daddy
talkin' to ya, starvin' like Marvin.
Say something, Mookie.
MOOKIE:
Mister Señor Love Daddy, I'd like
to dedicate the next record to my
heart, Tina.
MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
Alright. Let me play this record
while I go to work on my chicken
Parmigiana hero with extra cheese
and extra sauce.
He hits the cart machine...
VO:
I just looove you so much Mister
Señor Love Daddy. WE LOVE RADIO,
108 FM.
...then cues up the record.
29.
MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
Here ya are.
(he hands Mookie a
twenty-dollar bill)
Keep the change.
MOOKIE:
That's right on time. This is my
friend, Vito. His pops is Sal.
MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
Tell ya father he makes the best
heros in Brooklyn.
VITO:
I'll do that.
MOOKIE:
We're outta here.
MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY
Thanks for stopping by. WE LOVE
Radio, 108 FM.
EXT:
STREET--DAYOn a stoop, a group of Puerto Ricans sits talking, drinking
cerveza frío, and playing dominoes. One of their cars is
parked near the stoop, and blasts salsa music.
ANGLE--RADIO RAHEEM
As usual we hear the rap music of Radio Raheem, but
underneath the salsa music. Radio Raheem does not like to
be bested; the salsa music from the parked car is giving him
competition, this is no good. Radio Raheem stands in front
of the stoop and raises his decibel level.
ANGLE--STOOP
The Puerto Rican men look at him, then begin to yell at him
in Spanish. There is a standoff, the rap and salsa clashing
in a deafening roar. One of the men, STEVIE, gets off the
stoop and goes to the car.
ANGLE--CAR
Stevie turns the car radio off.
CLOSE--RADIO RAHEEM
Radio Raheem smiles, nods, turns his box to a reasonable
listening level, and bops down the block. Radio Raheem
still the loudest. Radio Raheem still the king.
30.
STEVIE:
You got it, bro.
ANGLE--STOOP
The men curse in Spanish and shake their heads in
bewilderment and Stevie turns the salsa back on.
EXT:
STREET--DAYVito and Mookie see Buggin' Out on their way back to Sal's.
MOOKIE:
You the man.
BUGGIN' OUT
You the man.
MOOKIE:
No, you the man.
BUGGIN' OUT
No. I'm just a struggling Black
man trying to keep my dick hard in
a cruel and harsh world.
Buggin' Out gives Mookie five and a menacing look at Vito.
MOOKIE:
Vito is down.
EXT:
STREET--DAYBuggin' Out is walking down the block when CLIFTON, a
yuppie, accidentally bumps into him, stepping on his new
sneakers.
CLOSE--BUGGIN' OUT
He looks at his sneakers.
CLOSE--SNEAKERS
There is a big black smudge on his new white unlaced Air
Jordans.
ANGLE--BUGGIN' OUT
He runs down the block after Clifton.
BUGGIN' OUT
Yo!
Clifton turns around.
31.
BUGGIN' OUT
Yo!
CLIFTON:
Yes?
BUGGIN' OUT
You almost knocked me down. The
word is "excuse me."
CLIFTON:
Excuse me. I'm very sorry.
BUGGIN' OUT
Not only did you knock me down, you
stepped on my new white Air Jordans
that I just bought and that's all
you can say, "Excuse me?"
This commotion has attracted a crowd, including Ahmad, Cee,
Punchy, and Ella.
BUGGIN' OUT
I'll f*** you up quick two times.
HERE WE GO!
BUGGIN' OUT
Who told you to step on my sneakers?
Who told you to walk on my side of
the block? Who told you to be in
my neighborhood?
CLIFTON:
I own a brownstone on this block.
BUGGIN' OUT
Who told you to buy a brownstone on
my block, in my neighborhood on my
side of the street?
The crowd likes that one and they laugh and egg him on.
BUGGIN' OUT
What do you want to live in a Black
neighborhood for? Motherfuck
gentrification.
CLIFTON:
I'm under the assumption that this
is a free country and one can live
where he pleases.
32.
BUGGIN' OUT
A free country?
AWWW SH*T! Why did he get Buggin' started?
BUGGIN' OUT
I should f*** you up just for that
stupid sh*t alone.
Buggin' Out looks down at his marred Air Jordans. The
crowd, smelling blood, wants to see some.
AHMAD:
Your Jordans are dogged.
CEE:
You might as well throw 'em out.
PUNCHY:
They looked good before he messed
them up.
ELLA:
You used to be so fine.
AHMAD:
How much did you pay for them?
CEE:
A hundred bucks.
AHMAD:
A hundred bucks!
BUGGIN' OUT
You're lucky the Black man has a
loving heart. Next time you see me
coming, cross the street quick.
AHMAD:
He's dissing you.
BUGGIN' OUT
Damn, my brand-new Jordans. You
should buy me another pair.
CLIFTON:
I'm gonna leave now.
BUGGIN' OUT
If I wasn't a righteous Black man
you'd be in serious trouble.
SERIOUS.
33.
The crowd gives their approval.
BUGGIN' OUT
Move back to Connecticut.
INT:
SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA--DAYMookie and Vito enter the shop.
SAL:
I should have Vito go with you all
the time.
PINO:
Yeah, no more ninety-minute
deliveries around the corner.
MOOKIE:
Pino, I work hard like everybody in
here.
VITO:
He's right.
PINO:
C'mere.
(Pino smacks his brother)
Don't get too friendly with da Mook.
SAL:
That's gonna be the last time you
hit Vito.
MOOKIE:
Smack him back.
PINO:
What?
MOOKIE:
Remember what I said.
Vito stands frozen in front of his brother.
PINO:
Are you gonna listen to this Mook?
Listen to him tell you to smack me?
Your only brother?
Vito walks away and Mookie is disgusted.
PINO:
I didn't think so.
34.
EXT:
STREET--DAYOfficers Ponte and Long drive down the block and at the
corner they stop, glare at the Corner Men.
CLOSE--OFFICER PONTE
CLOSE--SWEET DICK WILLIE
CLOSE--OFFICER LONG
CLOSE--COCONUT SID
ANGLE--POLICE CAR
OFFICER PONTE:
What a waste.
ANGLE--CORNER
Sweet Dick, ML, and Coconut Sid stare right back at the cops.
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